The Washington Post Sunday – Nov 8 2020 Crossword Solution
The Washington Post Sunday – Nov 8 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| #___ movement | METOO |
| ‘Autumn Leaves’ singer ___ King Cole | NAT |
| ‘Can I take that plate?’ | ALLDONE |
| ‘Exciting Times’ author Naoise ___ | DOLAN |
| ‘Gas Food Lodging’ actress Skye | IONE |
| ‘I Am Beautiful’ sculptor | RODIN |
| ‘I know it sounds weird, but it’s true!’ | NOREALLY |
| ‘Ish’ | ORSO |
| ‘M.A.S.H.’ star Alda | ALAN |
| ‘My Name Is Earl’ actress Pressly | JAIME |
| ‘Stronger Than Me’ singer Winehouse | AMY |
| ‘There’s a chance’ | IMIGHT |
| ‘Things are bound to go my way’ | IMDUE |
| ‘Three Little Words’ actress Arlene | DAHL |
| ‘Well, how about that!’ | OHO |
| ‘You’ve convinced me!’ | ITSADEAL |
| ‘___ girl!’ (‘Nice job!’) | ATTA |
| 2017 U.S. Open winner Stephens | SLOANE |
| 2019 film ‘___ Upon a Time in Hollywood’ | ONCE |
| A minor, for one | KEY |
| Account with arcs | STORY |
| Actor Cheadle’s mollusk-inspired nickname? | DONTHECLAM |
| Alexandria winter hrs | EST |
| Alternative to Taste of the Wild dog food | ALPO |
| Amphibian that can regenerate its limbs | NEWT |
| Apple pie ___ mode | ALA |
| Bank formed in the winter | SNOWDRIFT |
| Basic idea | GIST |
| Be afraid of the YouTube videos that I uploaded? | DREADMYCLIPS |
| Bookbinding, knitting and weaving while behind the wheel, e.g.? | DRIVERCRAFTS |
| BookFinder.com search term | TITLE |
| Break from work, informally | VACAY |
| Broad valleys | DALES |
| Bygone Russian royals | TSARS |
| Certain academic retiree | EMERITA |
| Character in Geraldine McCaughrean’s novel ‘Peter Pan in Scarlet’ | SMEE |
| Chatting online, briefly | IMING |
| Citrus Bowl city | ORLANDO |
| Cleaning brand named after a mythical warrior | AJAX |
| Co. making metal sheets | USSTEEL |
| Computer port letters | USB |
| Connery of ‘First Knight’ | SEAN |
| Copper sources | ORES |
| Copy into digital format | SCAN |
| Cotahuasi Canyon’s country | PERU |
| Dog whose owners kept him over the robotic dog ‘Lectronimo | ASTRO |
| Drink brewed with solar rays | SUNTEA |
| Droplets at dawn | DEW |
| Dryly humorous rendition of another band’s song? | DROLLCOVER |
| Dutch ___ (garden tool) | HOE |
| Emmy winner Johnson of ‘Laugh-In’ | ARTE |
| Emulate many a politician | LIE |
| Evoke chuckles | AMUSE |
| Evoke screams | SCARE |
| Fail to maintain balance | SLIP |
| Fast | SPEEDY |
| Fish rich in vitamin B6 | TUNA |
| Fly lightly and erratically | FLIT |
| Form of mural painting | FRESCO |
| Frolic | ROMP |
| Genre that may be ‘music’s dirtiest word,’ per the journalist Tom Connick | EMO |
| Go from zero to hero, say? | EDIT |
| Group of four | TETRAD |
| Guys taking things back | REPOMEN |
| Health insurance giant | CIGNA |
| Hired transport | CAB |
| Homes of D&D-playing hamsters? | DICECAGES |
| Hundred Acre Wood marsupial | ROO |
| Image one can remove with lasers, for short | TAT |
| Impatient and excited | EAGER |
| Intake regimens | DIETS |
| Jack or jill of the animal kingdom | HARE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Landing hrs | ETAS |
| Leap for Tessa Virtue | AXEL |
| Longoria who hosted the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention | EVA |
| Lucky plants whose leaves were replaced by pub projectiles? | DARTCLOVERS |
| Lunar festival in Ho Chi Minh City | TET |
| Maker of SureColor printers | EPSON |
| Making ___ meet | ENDS |
| Malted drink | ALE |
| Microsoft encyclopedia that debuted in 1993 | ENCARTA |
| Name of a surfer? | USERID |
| Nichelle Nichols’s sci-fi role on TV | UHURA |
| Obligations | NEEDS |
| Office mail abbr | ATTN |
| Overhauled | REDID |
| PC game where you explore the Selenitic, Stoneship, Mechanical and Channelwood ages | MYST |
| Piano recital piece | ETUDE |
| Pickle resembling actor Owen? | DILLCLIVE |
| Podcaster Maron | MARC |
| Political slogan about how former senator Chris and his family show empathy? | DODDSCARE |
| Potential Triple Crown winner | COLT |
| Preacher, briefly | REV |
| Prefix with face or space | INTER |
| Prepares a text, say | TYPES |
| Promo charge | ADRATE |
| Provoke with jokes | TEASE |
| Railway facility | DEPOT |
| Reassuring reply to ‘I’m sorry’ | DONTBE |
| Recipient of Moe blows | SHEMP |
| Record store items | CDS |
| Rental paper | LEASE |
| Reply heard in a canyon | ECHO |
| Results of basking | TANS |
| Rn on a table | RADON |
| Ruler examined in Anthony A. Barrett’s book ‘Rome Is Burning’ | NERO |
| Say it’s okay, say | ALLOW |
| Says yes before a wedding, e.g | RSVPS |
| Scythe wielder of legend | REAPER |
| Sea near Athens | AEGEAN |
| Seat of Kent County, Del | DOVER |
| Send an invitation for | ASKTO |
| Sequel to ‘Inferno’ about the author’s coffee container? | DANTESCUP |
| Sharp part of a blade | EDGE |
| Short, funny 71 Down | ANECDOTE |
| Short-term staffer | TEMP |
| Smoother in a laundry room | IRON |
| South African-Australian pianist Goodman | ISADOR |
| Spell in a store | SPREE |
| Spineless sorts | WUSSES |
| Spoil, as spinach | ROT |
| Squabbling | ATIT |
| Starting lineups | ATEAMS |
| Stumble over | TRIPON |
| Supplementary | ADDED |
| Surgeon’s cut | SLIT |
| Symbolic American uncle | SAM |
| Tank in Napa Valley | VAT |
| Tatum of ‘Paper Moon’ | ONEAL |
| The N of NYT | NEW |
| The spies in ‘Spy vs. Spy’ comics, e.g | ENEMIES |
| They’re shut while sneezing | EYES |
| Titanic like ‘Titanic,’ say | EPIC |
| Tons of, informally | LOTSA |
| Uses one’s 72 Across | SEES |
| Utter catastrophe | FIASCO |
| Viewed in a creepy way | LEEREDAT |
| Was penalized on game night, perhaps | LOSTATURN |
| Where Snakes and Ladders originated | INDIA |
| WiFi and espresso site | CAFE |
| Wound like a cat would | SCRATCH |
| Yard sale proviso | ASIS |
| ___ Day (April holiday) | ARBOR |
| ___ Singer, role for Helena Bonham Carter in ‘Fight Club’ | MARLA |